Kim first starting practicing yoga in 2008 while living in Hawai'i. She immediately fell in love with yoga, and the way it made her feel both mentally and physically. She has completed her RYT 200 hour Barkan Method level 1 and RYT 80 hour Barkan Vinyasa Level 2/3 in 2010/2011 and has taught her passion of Yoga ever since. She has also attended various weekend intensive workshops, including ones with well-known yogis Baron Baptiste and Seane Corn. Kim is attuned by Reiki master Maria Kramer to the first and second degree of the Usui Shiro Ryoho Reiki method of natural healing. She often uses healing crystals and Reiki in her yoga classes. Kim graduated from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in 2011 and is a Certified Health Coach. She also attended Ayurveda's World AADP 150 hour Accredited Ayurvedic Nutrition Study Program in 2012 and become a certified Ayurvedic Health Counselor. Ayurveda is the sister science to yoga, the world's oldest healing science which literally means "knowledge of life." Kim meditates daily and writes her own meditations that she shares in her yoga classes. Kim believes a healthy lifestyle that includes a regular practice of yoga is life-changing and empowering in the most positive of ways. Kim opened her yoga studio ‘Aloha Yoga & Healing’ in January 2016 and started the Ayah RYS yoga teacher training program in May 2018, where she has trained many students to become certified Yoga instructors. Kim has over 15 years experience in teaching yoga, including Hatha, Power, Vinyasa, Yin, Restorative, Prenatal and Yoga Nidra. Kim has also led several yoga retreats to different locations, including Salem, Massachusets, Woodstock, New York, and the Endless Moutains of Pennsylvania. She is an outdoor enthusiast and loves hiking and running as well, having completed her first half marathon in 1 hour 55 minutes in October of 2025.

